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7:44 pm
July 28, 2009 |
Daniel Bachhuber
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| | The big question: what WordPress plugins are absolutely necessary for every newspaper website, and what ones are really useful for specific use-cases? I started revising the list we've got going on the wiki this past weekend and, although I have experience with a number of plugins, it's by no means comprehensive. The goal for the list on the wiki is a list of really serious recommendations based on extensive past experience; there are a lot of WordPress plugin lists out there but I find most of them useless because they go for quantity over quality. We're going to break it down to plugins that you should install when you're first setting up WordPress, and then plugins you use for specific projects. So, what are we missing on the list and what have you used it for in the past? | |
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9:50 pm
July 28, 2009 |
Chris Ullyott
| | Fullerton, CA | | | Member | posts 66 |
| | - Broken Link Checker
- Co-Authors Plus
- Page Links To
- Social bookmarking tool (AddThis, AddtoAny, etc)
- Twitter: Tweetmeme button is nice
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10:15 pm
July 28, 2009 |
William P. Davis
| | Veazie, Maine | | | Admin | posts 65 |
| | Neccessary: CoAuthors or CoAuthors Plus Similar Posts Share This WP Mobile Edition A backup plugin, such as WP DB Backup Really useful: Scissors WP Sticky Top Ten | |
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2:00 am
July 29, 2009 |
Daniel Bachhuber
| | | | | Admin | posts 102 |
| | Another one for the "this could be useful for certain use cases" list: Short URL Plugin. Has anyone tried it out and/or had a review? It would probably be preferable to use this if you're adding short URLs to your print product over something like bit.ly or tr.im because the URL can stay alive as long as you own the domain (which, hopefully, is forever). @Chris, do you mind writing a short recommendation/feature list for Broken URL checker? I've seen other people mention it and I want to include it on the wiki but don't have any experience myself. Thanks | |
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1:42 pm
July 29, 2009 |
Chris Ullyott
| | Fullerton, CA | | | Member | posts 66 |
| | Broken Link Checker by Janis Elsts reviews all the links on your site and lists broken ones on the dashboard. If a link is broken, the plugin will add a strikethrough on the broken link within a post to notify users. Makes editing easy also: you can access the hyperlink straight from the plugin instead of finding it in each individual post. New posts are checked immediately. IMO, it's a much more efficient than a 404 notifier. | |
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4:16 pm
July 29, 2009 |
Daniel Bachhuber
| | | | | Admin | posts 102 |
| | Oh, so it checks the links you've used within your post. Does it also check where people are 404'ing on your site? I would think that's useful to have too, especially if you migrated from College Publisher and changed your link structure. There's another plugin called Redirection that does this, although it sounds like in a less elegant way. We've also got plans to build a CP Redirect plugin but that probably won't be out for a few weeks. | |
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3:51 pm
July 30, 2009 |
joey
| | Silicon Valley | | | Admin | posts 39 |
| | I'll second Broken Link Checker – it's a really handy plugin for keeping the archive of your site up-to-date. Helps with SEO, and gives a better UX. | |
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